Share on Tumblr By Brent Patterson, Friday, February 22nd, 2013 The Attawapiskat First Nation and the International Indian Treaty Council have sought the support of the United Nations to stop C-38 and C-45. They state that the Harper government failed in...

Share on Tumblr Heather Scoffield ~ The Canadian Press When the Harper government included a radical overhaul of the Navigable Waters Protection Act in the last omnibus bill, outsiders scratched their heads and wondered out loud where that idea had come...

Share on Tumblr Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence isn’t giving up her fight for a fully inclusive meeting between the Crown, the prime minister and First Nations. Spence, who ended her 43 day hunger strike on January 24th, is part of a group taking...

Share on Tumblr She’s only 11 years old, but she’s already been working for environmental justice for a few years now. Here, she addresses the crowd at an Idle No More event in British Columbia. Watch Video Below. “If we keep waiting for change,...

Share on Tumblr by Clayton Thomas-Muller on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 9:03am Hello Friends, I am re-posting this panel that was organized last winter by the Toronto Environmental Justice Network and Community. The panel feat. some indigenous activists...

Share on Tumblr The Globe and Mail reports, “The Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Frog Lake First Nation will file documents in Federal Court on Tuesday arguing that treaties require the federal government to protect traditional native territory from...

Share on Tumblr Chronic underfunding of essential services and fears over land losses prompt Attawapiskat chief to go on hunger strike When images of Canada‘s First Nations people living in mouldy shacks and frosty tents, without toilets or running...

Share on Tumblr Idle No More movement began as campaign by four women against changes to Indian Act and environmental deregulation The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, has agreed to a meeting with First Nations leaders following indigenous protests...

Share on Tumblr January 5, 2013 Defenders of the Land, a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada, including Elders and youth, women and men, dedicated to building a fundamental movement for Indigenous rights, was...

Share on Tumblr Are the country’s First Nations groups being denied their rights and being targeted by the government? Canada’s Idle No More movement began as a small social media campaign – armed with little more than a hashtag and a...

Share on Tumblr Citizens of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and their non-Native supporters joined hands in a flash mob Round Dance of solidarity with the Idle No More movement on Saturday, December 29, bringing drums and songs to the...

Share on Tumblr By Naomi Klein, NaomiKlein.org 26 December 12 I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold – the second of his short life– and his blocked nose frightens him. I was about to get up when he...

Share on Tumblr Harper said sorry for residential schools…yeah, we remember that sound bite! Harper is not the first white man to try to placate Indigenous Peoples with pretty or well meaning words, while also trying to steal our land and our resources,...

Share on Tumblr First Nations people and their supporters are uniting under the banner Idle No More against the federal government’s changes to legislation which will affect treaties and traditionally used lands. At noon on Friday, December 21st, a...

Share on Tumblr The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has no formal plans to consult with stakeholders on new regulations or partnerships to prevent industrial pollution after major changes to environmental protection laws were adopted last summer, says...

Share on Tumblr Postmedia News reports, “The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has no formal plans to consult with stakeholders on new regulations or partnerships to prevent industrial pollution after major changes to environmental protection laws were...